Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher , we will answer a question about the verb “made” when used with prepositions.
你好！本周在“请教老师”节目中，我们将回答一个有关动词“made”与介词一起使用时的问题。
Hello, VOA Learning English,
你好，美国之音英语学习中心，
I hope that you are doing well.
我希望你一切都好。
I am very happy to be sending this email as I have been listening to this Learning English program for some time.
我很高兴发送这封电子邮件，因为我听这个学习英语节目已经有一段时间了。
I would like to know more about the differences between these words:
我想更多地了解这些词之间的区别：
“Made in,” “made from,” and “made for.”
“制造”、“制造”和“制造”。
Abdulkadir from Somalia
阿卜杜勒卡迪尔（来自索马里）
Dear Abdulkadir,
亲爱的阿卜杜勒卡迪尔，
Thanks for being a loyal listener of VOA Learning English. And thank you for writing to us. The verb “made” is often used with prepositions to describe how things are created or produced. Depending on the preposition, like “in,” “from,” or “for,” the meaning of the verb changes slightly.
感谢您成为美国之音学习英语的忠实听众。感谢您给我们写信。动词“made”经常与介词一起使用来描述事物是如何被创造或生产的。根据介词的不同，例如“in”、“from”或“for”，动词的含义会略有不同。
Let’s start with the verb “made.”
让我们从动词“made”开始。
“Made” is the past tense form of “make.” It means to produce, build, or prepare something.
“Made”是“make”的过去时形式。它的意思是生产、建造或准备某物。
He made me dinner on Valentine's Day.
情人节那天他给我做了晚餐。
Sometimes we use this verb for things we cannot physically see or touch.
有时我们用这个动词来表示我们无法看到或触摸到的事物。
We made plans to study at the library.
我们计划去图书馆学习。
Made with prepositions
由介词组成
Let’s look at the examples Abdulkadir asked about: “made in,” “made from” and “made for.”
让我们看一下阿卜杜勒卡迪尔询问的例子：“制造”、“制造”和“制造”。
“Make…in,” or in the past tense, “made in,” means that something was produced or built in a certain place, country or city.
“Make…in”或过去时态的“made in”意味着某物是在某个地方、国家或城市生产或建造的。
The company made products in the USA.
该公司在美国生产产品。
Sometimes when we use “made in” we are using the term as an adjective to describe where the products are produced.
有时，当我们使用“made in”时，我们将该术语用作形容词来描述产品的生产地。
Products made in the USA support American workers.
美国制造的产品支持美国工人。
“Made from” describes the materials used to create or produce something. Usually these are the unprocessed or raw materials. Processing or manufacturing changes them into something new so that we cannot tell what the materials are.
“制造自”描述了用于创造或生产某物的材料。通常这些是未加工的或原材料。加工或制造将它们变成新的东西，因此我们无法分辨它们是什么材料。
Tofu is made from soybeans.
豆腐是由大豆制成的。
Cheese is made from cow’s milk.
奶酪是由牛奶制成的。
“Made for” is used when something is created for a specific purpose or person.
“Made for”用于指为特定目的或特定人而创建的东西。
She made a cake for her friend’s birthday.
她为她朋友的生日做了一个蛋糕。
Mountain bikes are not really made for the road.
山地自行车并不是真正为公路而设计的。
Sometimes “made for” suggests that people get along very well together.
有时，“made for”表明人们相处得很好。
Those two were made for each other.
这两个是天生的一对。
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如果这些解释和示例对您有帮助，请告诉我们！
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